
Telling Lies in America(1997)
A 17-year-old boy becomes friends with Billy Magic, the radio DJ he idolizes, and eventually slips into the payola and corruption of the entertainment world.


“You get what you need.”
A newly paralyzed DJ gets more than he bargained for when he seeks out the world of faith healing.

Christopher Thornton
'Delicious' Dean O'Dwyer

Mark Ruffalo
Father Joe

Juliette Lewis
Ariel Lee

Orlando Bloom
The Stain

Laura Linney
Nina Hogue

Noah Emmerich
Rene Faubacher

James Karen
Father Rohn

John Carroll Lynch
Evangelist Carroll

Robert Wisdom
Prendell

Dov Tiefenbach
Oogie
Sympathy for Delicious is a drama film released in 2010 exploring themes of disc jockey, faith healing. Directed by Mark Ruffalo, it stars Christopher Thornton, Mark Ruffalo, Juliette Lewis. A newly paralyzed DJ gets more than he bargained for when he seeks out the world of faith healing.
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